2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 30
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Carla Nelson (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Ann Lynch (D) by 8.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Carla NelsonRepublican · winner
54.3%16,757
Ann LynchDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%14,056
30,860 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET